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fate  ne'er  ftrikes  deep  but  whin  unkindnefs  joins ,-— 

But  there's  a  fate  in  kindntfs, 

Still  to  be  baft  return* d  where  mofl  'tis  given. 

DRVDEN 


HARTFORD: 


RE-PRINTED 


BvELISHABABCOCK, 


DEDICATION. 


SAINTLOE  !  brighteft  of  the  Virgin  train, 
Approve  my  numbers,  or  I  write  in  vain  ; 
To  you,  fair  Patronefs,  thefe  lines  belong, 
Life  of  my  hopes,  and  ruler  of  my  fong  ; 
How  (hould  the  Poet  to  the  tafk  be  fir'd, 
By  you  commanded,  and  by  you  infpir'd  ; 
Soft  as  the  melting  accents  of  your  tongue, 
Should  flow  the  language,  and  the  fenfe  as  ftrong  ; 
Smooth  as  your  temper — eafy  as  your  air — 
Keen  as  your  wit,  and  as  your  judgment  clear  ; 
Too  deep  the  hill  for  infant  limbs  to  climb, 
Superior  labour  to  •>  mufelike  mine. 
Yet  ftill  (h       ~^  the  darling  height  in  view, 
And  faintly  copies  what  flic  learnt  from  you. 
If  o'er  the  plain  wrote  tale,  the  Virgin's  eye 
Lets  drop  a  tear,  or  lends  a  pitying  figh  ; 
While  kindly  (he  regards  the  Negroe'j  caufe, 
And  melts  in  foft  companion  at  her  woes  ; 
You,  Saintloe,  fhall  her  willing  thanks  receive, 
Whofe  infpiration  bade  the  (lory  live. 


THE 


M    E    N   T. 


fE  SforyoflxKLL  4ffl/YAR.ICOjj  albwedlo  bt  gt. 
nuine  :  'tis  related  fir/1  by  LlCON,  in  her  account  of 
Barbadoes  ;  from  thence  by  the  SPECTATOR,  and  as  hng 
as  either  la/Is,  mufl  be  men f toned  in  Competition  with  the 
llackeft  and  mtft  incredible  Pitce  of  Ingratitude,  thtt  Hifto- 
ry  or  Romance  can  furnijh.  The.  following  Ep[ftle  is  fuppbf- 
td  to  be  wnte  by  YARICO,  in  the  beginning  of  her  Slavery, 
when  INKLE  was  embarking  for  England,  and  contains  a 
little  Hiflory  of  her  unprecedented  Itt-Ufages,  mixed  with  In- 
treaties y  Upbraiding*,  Tendernejsand  Reproaches. 


R 


^ROM  the  fad  place  where  ferrow  ever  reigns, 

And  hopelefs  wretches  groan  beneath  their  chai  ns  ;    V 
Where  ftern  opprefiion  lifts  her  iron  hand, 
And  reftlefs  cruelty  ufr.rps  command  : 
To  footh  her  foul  and  cafe  her  aching  heart, 
Permit  a  wretch  her  fuflferings  to  impart. — 
To  Incle  (he  complains — -to  him  who  taught 
Her  hand  in  language  to  exptcfs  her  thought ; 
Yet  e'er  your  fails  before  the  winds  are  fpread, 
A  woman's  forrow  with  companion  read  ; 
Her  dying  farewell  from  h«r  pen  receive, 
And  to  her  wrongs,  a  tear  in  pity  give. 
Fain  would  I  learn  from  whence  that  hate  arole, 
The  cruel  caufe  and  (burce  of  all  my  woes  ; 
O !  tell  me  why  I  am  fo  wretched  made  ? 
For  what  unwilling  crime  am  I  betray'd  ? 
Is  it  bccaufe  \  love  i  unkind  rewaxd  ! 


- 


That  lore  prefcrv'^rou  from  the  ills  you  fcar'd  i 

If  tV.i?  a  fVult— alas !  I'm  guilty  ftifl, 

For  flill  I  love,  and  while  I  live  I  will ; 

No  change  of  fortune,  nor  your  cruel  hate, 

Shall  cure  my  pafiion,  or  its  warmth  abatt ; 

Falfe  is  you  are,  how  dare  you  trtifl  anew 

To  winds  and  feas  as  treacherous  as  you. 

Think  will  the  Gods  you  ferve        if  Gods  they  are- 

For  crimes  like  your's  their  punifhment  forbear  ; 

If  injur'd  innocence  their  care  be  made, 

Thougji  I  forgive,  their  certain  vengeance  dread  :— 

What'if  your  bark  by  adverft  tempcll  toft, 

Should  on  force  barbarous  fhore  like  mine  be  loft  i 

Think  that  you  fee  your  friends  and  you  purfu'd,* 

By  favage  people,  greedy  for  your  blood  ; 

Who  then  could  fnatch  you  from  your  pale  defpair  I 

You'd  find  no  Yarico  to  fhield  you  there. 

How  will  you  wifli  you  never  had  betray'd, 

Or  fold  for  trifling  gain  an  helplefs  maid. 

O  !  yet  redeem  me,  while  you've  power  to  fmve, 

And  make  me  your's,  if  I  mull  be  a  flave  ; 

Your  faithful  flave  indeed  I'll  ever  prove, 

And  with  continued  care-attend  my  love. 

Think  on  the  vows  you  have  fo  often  made  ; 

How  did  you  promife — how  have  you  brtray 'd  ; 

Think  are  thefe  diain?,  thefe  bitter  woes  her  due, 

V/holeft  her  country:  and  her  friends  for  you  ; 


And  think,  O  think  !  on  the  dear  load  I  bear  ; 
Muft  the  poor  babe  a  mother's  fufferings  (hare  r 
Shall  the  dear  witnefs  of  our  mutual  flame, 
Be  born  to  want,  to  mifery  and  fh'ame  ? 
Whofe  tender  care  (hall  hufti  thy  infant  cry, 
Or  whofe  indulgent  hand  thy  wants  fupply  ? 
Behold  the  gift  a  father's  hand  prepares, 
Unceafmg  forrows,  and  continued  tears. 
This  is  the  portion,  deflin'd  to  be  thine, 
Thou  heir  of  all  the  wrongs  that  now  arc  mine. 

WOULD  fome  kind  power  aflift  my  thoughts  to  flow, 
Strong  as  my  love,  and  piercing  as  my  woe  ; 
Or  could  m£ tongue  in  artful  language  tell, 
The  fad  variety  of  ills  I  feel ; 
To  paint  the  anguifti  of  my  aching  heart, 
My  bitter  fufferings  and  fevcieft  fmart ; — 
E'EN  you  Barbarian  !  would  relieve  my  pain, 
And  pitying  take  me  to  your  arms  again. 

Remember,  for  'tis  fure  you  often  mud, 
When  the  feas  drovo  you  on  our  fatal  coaft  ; 
How  did  my  cruel  friends  your  life  purfue, 
And  none  of  all  that  landed  Tcap'd  but  you  ;— 
Pale  with  your  fears,  and  brcathlefs  in  the  chafe, 
With  wearied  flcps  you  ran  from  place  to  place  ; 
Forlorn — diftrefs'd — you  knew  not  where  to  go, 
To  fhun  the  fury  of  the  defperate  fee— 


'Till  chance— or  rather  Tome  propitioui  God, 

Your  feet  conduced  to  a  (had/  wood  ; 

Screen'd  from  your  hunters'  eyes,  but  not  from  fears* 

On  the  bear  ground  you  lay  o'erwhclm'd  in  tears  ; 

Your  fpeaklhg  looks,  and  ftifltd  groans  confofs'd 

A  wretch  with  more  than  common  fears  opprefs'd  4 

For  in  that  fatal  made  by  fortune  brought, 

A  fheltcr  from  the  fcorching  heat  I  fought— 

Or  rather  to  indulge  a  fecret  tear, 

Shed  for  your  friends,  whofe  cries  had  reach'd  my  ear  ; 

There  I  beheld  you,  trembling  as  you  lay, 

And  e'er  I  knew,  I  look'd  my  foul  away. 

You  faw  me,  and  the  fight  incr«as?d  y«u  fear-*- 

You  rofe — and  would  have  run,  but  knevr  net  where  : 

Returning,  at  my  feet  yourfek"  you  threw, 

And  did  by  earned  figns  for  pity  fue :          % 

Fond  of  the  charge,  felicitous  to  fave, 

I  rais'd  and  brought  you  to  a  fesret  cave  ; 

To  cheer  my  love,  delicious  fruits  I  fought, 

And  water  from  the  chryftal  fountain  brought  ; 

Pleas'd  with  my  care,  you  held  me  to  your  breaft, 

And  by  cxpreflivr  looks  your  thanks  confefs'd. 

Such  tender  officfeftjnhop'd  for,  now  difpell'd 

Your  gloomf  Year,  and  your  diftra&ions  heal'd  ; 

The  languid  palcnefs  from  your  vifage  fled. 

And  native  bloom  your  glowing  cheeks  o'erfpread  ; 

Your  eyes  on  all  ray  naked  beauty  flray'd, 


While  mine  your  drefs  and  fairer  face  furvey'd. 

If  you  my  well  proportion'd  fhape  ndmir'd — 

Your  flowing  locks  my  heaving  bofom  fir'd  ; 

The  fondeft  things  in  words  unknown  you  fpoke — 

But  the  fjft  meaning  from  your  eyes  I  took  ;    ^  A 

No  other  language  we  could  ufe,  or  need, 

For  eyes  beyond  all  eloquence  purfuade. 

Inflam'd  with  love — with  wanton  joy  you  kifs'd 

My  trembling  lips,  and  panting  to  be  blefs'd, 

You  prefs'd — and  look'd — and  ft  rove,   nor  vainly  drove, 

For  every  power  v,  as  foftcn'J  into  love  : — 

Unfldll'd  in  art — unable  to  deny, 

Blufliing  I  yielded  to  the  filent  joy. 

OH  !  happy  hours  of  love  !  where  all  my  care, 
Was  but  to  pleafe,  and  to  prefer  ve  my  dear  ; 
Sollicitous,  for  nothing  elfe  I  kntw — 
No  thought — no  wifh,  for  any  thing  but  you. 
Clafp'din  each  other's  arm?,  conccal'd  we  lay, 
And  in  foft  pleafures  wailed  all  the  day  ; 
But  when  the  fun's  declining  light  withdrew, 
And  the  mild  evening's  cooling  breezes  blew, 
With  cautious  fteps  through  fccrtt  paths  I  led, 
To  fome  fvveet  grove  or  unfrequented  (hade  ; 
The  murm'ring  ftream's  enamel'd  bunks  we  prefs'd. 
The murra'ring  dream .  iuviu-d  us  v-  reft  ; 
But  careful  of  your  fnfeiy  while  you  H-'p'., 

My  waking  eyes  in  constant  watch  I  kept ; 

B 


My  arms  encircling  round  your  neck  were  made 
A  guard,  and  tender  pillow  for  your  head  ; 
Thrre  in  foft  (lumbers  ftrctch'd,  at  eafc  vve  lay, 
*Till  opening  morning  fummon'd  us  away. 
In  halte  I  cry'd — awake!  awake!  my  dear, 
The  chirping  birds  approaching  day  declare  ; 
S^e  how  the  fainting  (tars  forucll  the  morn, — 
Awake  my  dear  !  and  to  our  cave  ret .     . 

WHOLE  months  fecure  in  thofc  retreats  wepaf:'d. 
And  each  new  hour  came  happier  than  the  laft : — 
Such  was  our  love,  fo  mutual  xvss  our  flame, 
Our  hope?,  and  fears,  and  v/ifhes  were  the  fame  ; 
The  various  prefents  othtr  1  l'C 

I  brought  to  furnith  a-riirbrn  our  cave; 
With  foftcft  p art i  colo; :  r  I  mad?, 

T    "iim'd  with  fvveetet't  Hoovers,  a  fr?^::.r.t  bc«i  : 

Had  you  a  \vilh  that  ever  I  - 

Or  was  not  with  a  willing  care  fipply'd  ? 

O  !  what  return  for  fuch  a  va.1  of  1 

But  (iil!  \v..-!!ld  I  intrcat,  and  not  reprr 

JA-I  me  remind  you  of  v.hat  o'      ' 

While  oaihi  conhrm'd  tliepromifes  ;, 

"  My  Yarico  !  my  love  !  iv.y  life  !  you  , 

*'  My  dear  pref .rvcr  1  and  a   .i  bride! 

"  Thou  kindeft,  foftcfi  c  u  je.      * 

II  I  low  iV.'.l  I  jvythegratitucl';  I  o. 

"  Tliou  '.:»tmadci:  ,.- 1  l\\ca? 


"  Eternal  truth,  eternal  Inr.j  to  bear  , 

"  It"  thou  vouch  fafe  me  to  behold  once  mor»: 

"  My  clear,  my  long  loft  f»-ieiidi  und  native  fhorc  ; 

"  if  ever  I  f<;ic't.t  her  tender  care, 

"  Do  thou  regardiefs  hear  my  dyiiig  ;:ra-.  er ; 

"  Drive  me  in  bitterat&of  want  to  rove, 

"  And  fhut  me  ever  from  the  realms  above." 

Is  he  a  GoJ  \vl:ofc  curfes  you  implor'd  : 

And  mall  i.is  hand  not  grafp  the  avenging  fvvord  ? 

Ne'er  can  yon  hope  in  fvvect  content  to  live, 

Or  know  il.;j.t  comfort  yoi»  rv-fi:fc  \ )  give. 

AMONO  '.'T  vices  ir.cn  abhor  the  moff, 
In^ratit:'  (1. 

Can  the  j'«!(t  Cods  ^  il-i  j-Ieufurc  look  ur-     , 
Or  love  t:        •  c  their  (?v.-n  : 

Kir.fi  c"  •  . — 

H': ;  -          b«:t  returhsthe  feme ; 

, 
Th-  p 

.     •         ;         /s, 

•  -        .  '  mock'dmj  -«ear« 

\'.- 
But  cruel  i  haic. — 


Th:  -.:•. 


.  c«n  I>efl 

•    -.'  jrathnd    v  .  ,  f«-ic. 

.'i'i  my  g-icf  this  body  fhail  nee  -. 
a  frame  u;!l  be  but  life;:f=-  c!&v 


Then  peaceful  in  the  fiient  grave  Til  reft, 

Still  this  warm  blood,  and  calm  this  glowing  bread 

But  the  remembrance  of  my  wrongs  ihall  live— 

Your  treachery  whole  ages  ihall  furvive  ; 

People  unborn  fhall  my  fad  ule  relate, 

And  curfe  your  cruelty,  and  weep  my  fate ; 

And  if  in  diftant  years  feme  haplefs  maid, 

Shall  be  by  faithlefc,  barbarous  mnn  betray 'd  ; 

Condemn'd  in  (harped  mifery  to  rove — 

Unblefs'd  with  hope,  ftill  curs'd  with  fatal  love  ; 

One  to  whom  life  and  liberty  he  owes, 

From  \vhofe  fond  kindnefs  every  blefling  flows  ; 

Then  fhall  the  juft  companion  be  made — 

So  trufted  Yarico,  and  wasbetra)  'd. 

Think  on  that  morn  when  on  the  bank  I  flood, 

And  faw  the  bark  at  anchor  in  the  flood  ; 

Strait  to  your  cave  with  eager  iteps  I  ran, 

Behold  my  dear !  a  velfel  on  the  main  : 

Away  my  love  !  no  longer  let  us  live 

Unknown  to  peace,  fccurity  can  give  ; 

No  more  you  needed — pleafure  in  your  eyes 

Flaih'd  like  a  (hooting  blaze  in  evening  Ikies. 

Your  eager  arms  around  my  neck  you  flung, 

And  on  my  lips  in  liknt  iranfport  hung  ; 

The  mighty  joy,  too  great  to  be  exprefc'd, 

Glow'd  on  your  cheeks  and  flruggled  in  your  breait 

ADIEU  !  youcry'd,  "  ye  friendly  (hades  adieu  !' 


As  in  embraces  to  the  fhore  we  flew  ; 

"  And  thou  my  cave,  thou  ever  kind  retreat 


f '  Farewell !  ye  cruel  favages  adieu  I — 

"  Adieu  !  to  all,  my  Yarico,  but  you  ; 

(t  Thou  my  preferver,  mall  be  ever  near, 

«'  Reign  in  my  breaft,  and  every  bleffing  ihare." 

But  why  do  I  purfue  th'  ungrateful  tale 

Why  urgfa  caufe  that  never  will  prevail  ? 
Yet  ftill  when  nearer  to  the  fuip  we  drew, 
The  waving  colours  you  beheld  and  knew  : 
"  See,  fee  my  love,  what  heaven  relenting  fends  ;- 
(t  Behold,  n:y  dear,  my  countrymen  and  friends." 
Then  loud  you  cry'd,  and  wav'd  jour  hands  in  air, 
And  ftrait  we-fawthe  haftening  boat  appear  j 
With  lufty  ftrokes  we  cut  the  yielding  tide, 
And  joyful  climb'd  the  lofty  vcflel's  ficlo. 

IF  from  a  life  of  long  continued  fear  ; 
From  threaten *d  cruelty  and  anxious  care  ; 
From  death  trie  greatefl  of  all  ills  we  dread, 
To  be  in  one  propitious  moment  free'd 
Be  happinefs,  that  can  addition  know, 
Your  friend's  embraces  made  it  fo  to  you. 

AND  now  the  fliip  unfurls  her  crackling  fails, 
Whole  bending  bofoms  catch  the  rlfing  gales  ; 
Like  diftant  clouds  appears  the  kfs'ir.ng  more, 
'Till  the  iaint  profpecl  can  be  fccn  no  more. 


ADIEU  !  ray  country,  and  my  friends  adieu ! 
A  lading  fare  we!  here  I  take  of  you. 
Then  while  I  cry'd,  asconfcious  of  my  fate,' 

fnufual  fadnete  on  my  fpirits  fat  ; 

ly  blood  ran  cold — my  bofom  heav'd  with  fighs, 
And  gu filing  forrows  trickled  from  my  eyes ; 
But  you  with  well  diflembled  fondnefs  came — 
Diilcmhled  'twas,  and  yet  you  look 'd  the  fume. 
"  O!  whence  my  love  this  change  r  this  mournful   look  r1 
You  faid,  and  mingled  kiifes  as  you  ipoke  ; 
'jWhat  means  my  life  ?  O  tell  me  why  you  figh  ? 
*'  Why  Reals  the  pearly  moid urc  from  your  eye  ? 

1  -Tell  me,  and  let  me  cure  the  ills  you  leel, 
"  Of«ftarc  thcanguiih  that  I  cannot  heal." 
Pleas 'd  with  your  words — fufpecling  no  deceit, 
Alas  !  I  fwallow'd  the  enfnaring  bait  ; 
jioned  myfelf,  I  thought  the  world  fo  too — 


'Till  'twas  decreed  I  muft  forever  weep. 
Brific  blew  the  driving  wind* — the  fleeting  fliip 
Cuts  the  tnin  air,  and  feints  along  the  deep  ; 
When  on  the  deck  a  fudden  (liout  we  heard, 
Barba does'  welcome  coafts  at  length  appear'd. 
The  bufy  failors  fkip'd  from  place  to  place, 
And  fmiling  joy  appear 'd  in  every  face  ; 
Rut  you  fat  filent— ptefive  and  :ak>ne, 


And  meditated  villainy  to  come. 
Then  was  the  curfs'd  determination  made- 
Then  was  the  fcheme  of  my  undoing  laid. 
O  !  fay  what  mov'd  you  to  the  cruel  desd  r 
Did  it  from  hate,  or  thirft  of  gain  proceed  ? 
Urge  nothing — —for  if  love's  not  in  your  power, 
Is  there  from  gratitude  requir'd  no  more  ? 
That's  theftrong  tyethat  fhould  forever  bind, 
The  fureft  charm  to  fix  the  generous  miud. 

YE  powers  divine  !  who  guide  the  world  bcWw, 
Relieve,  or  t«?ach  me  how  to  bear  my  woe  : 
Give  me — O  !  give  me  eloquence  to  move 
Hisftubborn  heart,  and  bring  it  back  to  love  : 
So  mall  my  life  be  fpent  in  grateful  pr~:fj, 
And  lading  honors  to  your  name  I'll  raii\ 
And  now  I  (land  upon  the  long'dfor  fli&rr, 
And  fondly  hop'd  my  hour  of  forrow  o'ei  : 
You  fmil'd,  and  as  you  kindly  prefs'Jmy  h?  id— 
*  Welcome  !"  you  cry 'd  "  my  Yaricoto  land  - 
"  Thou  kindeft— deareft— tendered— lovllei: 
"  Now  (hall  my  promis'd  gratitude  bapai.1." 
O  !  how  inhuman  is  the  flattering  lie, 
That  cheers,  but  to  enhance  our  mifery  i 
For  that  which  aggravates  our  forrov,-  u 
Is  to  know  happinci'-:,  apd  know  it  . 
Such  foothiiig  words  conceal'd  the  \  1  . 
And  lull'd  me,  unfu% cubing  of  my  & 


But  now  no  longer  need  the  mtflt  beon, 
The  mean  was  over  for  the  end  was  come : 
No  more  th'  endeaciaf  look  your  filihood  wears, 
But  all  the  monfter  in  hill  light  appears : 
"  Take  her,*  you  cry  VI,  "  my  right  I  here  refign 
"  Her  life  and  labour  are  by  purchafc  thine." 
You  ended ;  and  the  wretch  to  whom  you  fpoke, 
(Pride  and  ill-nature  fcttl'd  in  his  look) 
Approached,  and  fternly  fcir'd  me  by  the  hand, 
And  rudely  haul  d  me  under  his  command. 
Such  cruelty,  what  (mge  ever  knew, 
Or  hearing,  could  believe  you  meant  it  true  ? 
Too  true  I  found  it,  when  with  barbarous  feoff 
And  hate  unknown  before,  you  (hook  me  off  j 
Plung'd  me  o'crwhebn'd  in  every  human  ill — 
Not  to  be  fpoke,  and  which  I  onlv  feel. 
Can  you  forget,  or  did  yon  ne'er  regard 
The  fad  difhefc  that  in  my  foul  appeared  r 
How  chiU'd  with  horror,  I  could  fcarcc  funriv 
And  mid    Mid  hbAed— Hifen'd— y et  alive  ? 
How  grovcfing  at  yow  feet  in  wiUdefpair, 
I  beat  my  Weediag  bread,  and  tore  my  hair  ? 
Then  what  d^  fear,  and  rage,  and  lore  not  (ay 
As  madnefe  pnmintftt,  and  my  pmgtgave  way  f 
O!  (v+BK,md  this  fatal  doom  reterie, 
Which  ddar'd,  there  u  no  further  curfe. 

phy  with  veagnace  you  ptjrfue, 


Her  who  was  life  and  happinefs  to  you  ; 
Relentlefs  can  you  (land  to  all  I  fly  r 
Unchang'd— unmov'd — O !  give  companion  way 
Or,  kindly  with  fome  well  diflernbled  vow, 
Delude  me  dill ;  it  will  be  pious  now. 
But  oh!  I  read  myanguifh  in  your  look  ; 
I  can  no  longer,  for  my  heart  is  broke  ; 
Yet  let  my  heaving  breaft — my  dreaming  eyes, 
Speak  for  me,  what  my  faultering  tongue  denies ; 
Recall  the  former  image  to  your  view, 

Of  her  that  loves that  was  belov'd  by  you  ; 

That  now  o'er  burden'd  with  a  mother's  care, 

The  tender  pledge  of  our  endearments  bear  : 

I  feel  the  infant  ftruggling  in  my  womb, 

As  confcious  of.its  mifery  to  come. 

Oh  !  fpare  the  guiltlefs  babe  ;  let  nature  mov'd 

Your  heart  to  pity,  tho'  'tis  deaf  to  bve. 

I  could  no  more — your  cruel  looks,  congeal'd 

My  flowing  blood,  and  every  vital  chill'd  ; 

No  more  my  bofom  heav'd my  dying  eyes 

Were  clos'd,  and  fenfe  forfook  me  with  my  cries. 
Oh  !  had  it  been  forever  gone  indeed, 
From  what  a  world  of  woss  had  I  been  frce'd  ; 
But  fate  confpiring  to  protract  my  grief, 
Unfeal'd  my  eyes,  and  gave  me  back^to  life. 
I  found  me  when  my  fenfes  were  reftor'd 
In  the  curs'd  houfc  of  him  I  call  my  lord : 


My  bitter  wrongs  in  vain  did  I  deplore, 
For  you  the  fource  of  all,  I  faw  no  more. 
How  fhould  I  act  in  fo  fever*  dittrefs  ; 
Words  could  not  fpeak  my  anguifli,  nor  rcdrefs 
But  flill  to  keep  a  glimmering  hope  alive, 
(The  lad  fad  comfort  wretches  can  receive) 
I  told  my  fatal  flory  o'er  with  pain, 
And  fue'd  for  pity,  but  I  fue'd  in  vain. 
Condemn'd  to  feel  unutterable  woes, 
And  all  the  wrongs  that  flav'ry  can  impofc  : 
'ho'  deaf  to  juftice,  and  love's  fofter  flame, 
h  !  yet  redeem  me,  in  regard  to  fame  j 
For  dill  the  living  ftory  of  my  woe 
^  Shall  follow,  and  exclaim  where  e'er  you  go  ; 
Mankind  will  (him  you,  and  ita  Mailing  tongue 
5'iall  hoot  the  moniter  as  \ou  pafc^l'<:)2  :— 
Behold  the  wretch  whofe  bread  to  nature  fteel'd, 
For  kindnefs  hated— for  companion  kill'd. 
Then  as  you  taught  me,  if  there  is  to  come 
A  day  of  general,  juft,  and  awfulijpom  i 
If  fit  gradation  be  obferv'd  in  pains, 
Oh!  thinlr  and4remblejyhat  for  ygu  remains  ; 
Oh  !  what  nieod*  urtefs  you  now  incline 
To  fhun  the  anguiili,  by  relieving  mine  ; 
So  endlefs  torments  (hall  you  change  for  peace, 
And  men  infteadtfcurfing,  you,  (hall  blels  5 
The  gods  in  n^ercy  willthe  deed  regard, 
*  -,d  pay  you  with  a  penitaats  reward  j 


Or  if  the  (late  you  brought  ma  to  believe, 

Be  but  a  (lory,  fabl'd  t  >  dec 

Yet  fwect  contwitiv.c-st  r.t . ::  L  pe  to  own, 

Orta.le  offoftrepofe,  tho' ftretch'd  on  down, 

In  vain  for  b1  .'11  tvnin  repair  ; 

iviy  v/rongs  lhail  find  you  and  revenge  you  there  ; 

Forgive,  thou  fliil  lov'd  author  of  my  pain — 

My  griefs  arc  !  :"  y  and  I  muil  complain. 

Oh  !  kill  me,  or  force  milder  ill  provide, 

E'er  fate  quite  fevers,  and  the  fea^iivide  ; 

The  thought  diflracls  me  !  my  faint  eyes  are  dim, 

And  nature  fli ivers  at  the  dreadful  theme  I 

A  thoufand  things  my  loaded  heart  would  fay 

But  oh  !  my  trembling  hand  will  not  obey  ; 
'herflet  your  fancy  image  mydiftreTs, 
nd  yet — oh  !  yet  while  you've  power  redrefs. 


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